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Minnesota Now with Cathy Wurzer
Cathy Wurzer and Lindsay Guentzel

Dr. Bill Morice on new COVID-19 masking guidelines

Masked audience members at First Avenue applaud for a band
Audience members applaud during Kiss the Tiger's performance at First Avenue in Minneapolis at The Current's 17th Anniversary Party on Saturday, January 22, 2022.
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Many Americans are still asking themselves: should I mask up, or not? The CDC released revised masking guidelines with information based on individual counties by COVID-19 transmission risk. More than 70% of Americans live in communities where masking is no longer required, but in Minnesota there are 27 counties where CDC community levels still recommend some masking. Olmsted County and Stearns county are the largest of all outside of the low category rating. Look around you and you'll see that most people have given up masking, while others are holding fast to their masks. Dr. Bill Morice, Chair of Mayo Clinic Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and President of Mayo Clinic Labs joins host Cathy Wurzer to discuss masking. He and Dr. Bobbi Pritt addressed the new guidance on the Mayo Clinic's podcast Answers From the Lab.

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